Revolution Girl Style Now: Queer and Feminist Performance Strategies
THEA 267
Spring 2015
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 276, FGSS 267 |
| Course Cluster: Queer Studies |
Looking to the rich cultural history of queer and feminist performance in the United States, this course examines performances of gender, sexuality, obscenity and refusal. In this class, we will ask how the terms "feminist" and "queer" come to determine a specific piece of theater or performance art. Is it the author's own political affiliation that establishes the work as feminist? Is it the audience's reading that gathers a work of art under a queer rubric? Furthermore, where does feminist performance meet queer performance? Topics will include feminist body art, AIDS activism, queer nightlife, installation and performance art, video art, and memoir. Focusing-in on strategies for engaging the many meanings of the words "queer" and "feminist" we will pair theoretical readings with theatrical sites. Authors and artists to be discussed will include: Judith Butler, Paula Vogel, Holly Hughes, Beth Henley, Karen Finley, Samuel Delany, Nao Bustamante, Rebecca Schneider, Anna Deavere Smith, José Muñoz, Jill Dolan, Sylvia Rivera, Sharon Hayes, Sharon P. Holland, Bikini Kill, boychild, Lucy Lippard, Laurie Weeks and Dean Spade. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA THEA |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (HRAD-MN)(THEA) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Peggy Shaw, MENOPAUSAL GENTLEMAN
Sigmund Freud, THREE ESSAYS
Bikini Kill, REVOLUTION GIRL STYLE NOW
Eve Sedgwick & Andrew Parker, PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMATIVITY
José Muñoz, CRUISING UTOPIA
Jack Halberstam, THE QUEER ART OF FAILURE
Valerie Solanos, UP YOUR ASS
Laurie Weeks, ZIPPERMOUTH
Elizabeth Freeman, TIME BINDS
Nao Bustamante, INDIGURRITO
C. Carr, ON EDGE
Lucy Lippard, FROM THE CENTER
Rebecca Schneider, THE EXPLICIT BODY IN PERFORMANCE
Havelock Ellis, SEXUAL INVERSION
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two short performance reviews and one research paper |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
The course counts as a dramatic literature/criticism requirement for theater major. |
| Instructor(s): Brewer Ball,Katherine Times: ..T.R.. 09:00AM-10:20AM; Location: TST101; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 3 | FR: X |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 3 | 1st Ranked: 3 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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